Today the curtain falls on the film festival

The curtain will fall on the closing ceremony of the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) on Friday at 6 pm at Nishgandhi Auditorium.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will present the awards to the winners and the Spirit of Cinema Award to filmmaker Payal Kapadia.

Cultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian will preside over the event. Revenue Minister K. Rajan and General Education Minister V. Sivankutty will jointly honor Armenian filmmakers Serge Avedician and Nora Armani.

A total of 177 films from 68 countries were screened at the festival, which was attended by more than 13,000 delegates during the past one week.

After the closing ceremony of the festival, the film that won the Golden Crow Pheasant Award will be screened.

On the last day, there will be an exhibition of 11 films. Other films will be screened Universal languageDirected by Matthew Rankin, a surreal comedy tells the stories of two women who find a stash of money, a tour guide who leads a group of tourists, and a man who travels to visit his mother.

moon, Directed by Iraqi-Austrian filmmaker Kurdwin Ayoub, it has received praise for its unique visual style and powerful storytelling. The film tells the story of Sarah, a former martial artist, who works to train three wealthy sisters in West Asia. The movie will be screened at Shree Theatre.

As a tribute to this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ann Hui, one of her films, Eighteen waterfallsScreening will be held at Nila. Eighteen Springs is a Chinese romance drama set against the backdrop of 1930s Shanghai. It tells the tragic love story of Manzen and Shizune, whose love is tested by family pressure, societal expectations and hard times.

Cinematographer Ashkan Ashkani, who has worked in more than 20 films, made his debut as a director in 2015. Wait until spring. This Japanese drama film follows Saman’s journey as she struggles to accept her husband’s suicide. The film depicts how she copes with defeat. The movie will be screened at Tagore Theatre.

Apart from this, there are also movies of different genres black dog, Get to Heaven, Crossing, Kiss Wagon, Kill the Jockey, Light Falls and Misericordia There will be a performance on the last day.